Out of City Contractor Business License Application
How to Submit Online Application for Business License
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You may submit an online business license application for 2 types of businesses:
- Home Based Business
- Out of City contractor
To apply for a license type not listed, please call or email our office.
To apply for a Business License for an Out of City Contractor:
Both of the following must apply to you and/or your business:
- You have a professional license with the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) of California
- On the website referenced above, the address displayed under Business Information is not a Huntington Beach address
Instructions:
From the Home page, select the Business License tab
- Click Create an Application
- Read the General Disclaimer in full and click the box to accept.
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- When you have completed each section, you must click Continue Application to proceed to the next section of the online application.
- Select the Record Type Out of City Contractor, then click Continue Application to proceed
Step 1: People> Contact Details
- Click Add New to create a new contact
- A window will pop-up for you to enter all required information
- Click Continue Application
OR
- Click Select from Account
- The information of the person logged in will be added as a contact
- Click Continue Application
- You must provide your Contractor State License Board information, or you will receive an error message:
- Click Look Up
- Enter the CSLB number for your company
- then click Continue
- then click Look Up
- If you see the company information in the list:
- Click the box to the left of the CSLB number
- then click Continue
- Click the box to the left of the CSLB number
- The business information will then show up in the License Professional List. Click Continue Application
- If the company information does not exist in our system, you will receive this message:
- Click the X or Discard Changes to exit
- Click Add New
- You will then need to enter the business information affiliated with the CSLB number. Then click Save and Close
- then click Continue
- The business information will then show up in the License Professional List. Click Continue Application
- then click Continue
Step 2: Information> Details
- The fields outlined in red below are required.
If you do not provide the information, you will receive an error message when selecting Continue Application:
Step 3: Documents> Documents
- You must complete and upload the Application for Business License for CSLB Contractors
- If you are not the Business Owner or Officer of the company, you must also upload an Authorization Letter from the company.
- Click Add to attach documents
- then click Continue
- Click Add again
- then click Continue
- Attach the file containing the Authorization Letter
- then click Continue
- Indicate that you have attached Correspondence
- then click Continue
- Provide a Detailed Description of Business Activity
- then click Continue
- Click Save
- then click Continue
- Then click Continue Application
- then click Continue
- Click Add to attach documents
- If you are not the Business Owner or Officer of the company, you must also upload an Authorization Letter from the company.
Step 4: Review
- Review all the information you have provided
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- If anything is incorrect, click Edit
- then click Continue
- If anything is incorrect, click Edit
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- After scrolling through all the information and verifying everything is correct, at the bottom of the page:
- Read the disclaimer
- Click the checkbox
- Click Continue Application
- then click Continue
- After scrolling through all the information and verifying everything is correct, at the bottom of the page:
Step 5: Pay Fees
- Click Continue Application to proceed to the payment page
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